provocation

noun
/ˌpɹɑvəˈkeɪʃən/US/ˌpɹɒvəˈkeɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From Middle English provocacioun, from Old French provocacion, from Late Latin prōvocātiō, prōvocātiōnem, from Latin prōvocō. By surface analysis, provoke + -ation. Doublet of provokatsiya.

  1. derived from prōvocō
  2. derived from provocatio
  3. derived from provocacion
  4. inherited from provocacioun

Definitions

  1. The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.

  2. Something that provokes

    Something that provokes; a provocative act.

  3. The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or…

    The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.

    • When it's time to check for provocation, ask the patient about what makes their chief complaint better or worse.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at provocation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at provocation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at provocation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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